PWDA - People with Disability Australia

PWDA submission for improving the National Construction Code

This joint submission with NEDA and WWDA to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) provides general disability rights and specific from CALD backgrounds and women and girls with disability.

“Pansexual, this is perfect”: InFocus with Rory Keyes

PWDA’s member Rory Keyes shares their story of marching with PWDA at Mardi Gras as part of the InFocus: Queer and Disabled campaign

“We’re here. We’re queer. We’re disabled. And we are in focus.”

PWDA’s national online event InFocus: Queer & Disabled brought together a diverse audience from across Australia to centre the voices, leadership and lived experience of LGBTQIA+ people with disability.

Reflecting on the Disability Royal Commission: Disability Discrimination Commissioner Perspective

Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Rosemary Kayess message at national online forum ‘Two Years On From the Disability Royal Commission’.

Reflecting on the Disability Royal Commission: First Nations Perspective

PWDA Board Director, Tahlia-Rose Vanissum spoke about the ongoing harm experienced by First Nations people with disability and stressed that reform cannot succeed without First Nations leadership, lived experience and real power in decision-making.

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Two Years On From the Disability Royal Commission Event Wrap-Up

PWDA hosted a national online forum ‘Two Years On From the Disability Royal Commission’ on Friday 6 February to take stock.

[IMAGE: teal coloured ribbon representing sexual assault awareness]

Submission into the Continuing Operation of the National Redress Scheme

PWDA Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into the Continuing Operation of the National Redress Scheme.

Submission to the NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025

Submission to NDIS Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 review The Bill would change the NDIS Act 2013 to give the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission stronger powers, and to make specific operational changes to the NDIA.

Help PWDA put LGBTQIA+ People with Disability In Focus

InFocus: Queer & Disabled is a digital storytelling campaign led by PWDA, centring the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ people with disability.